Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-08-02
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
An Epitsme Of The Principal Events Now
Attracting Public Interest

| Educational Association will be held
at San Francisco
Nine negroes returning from a flu
neral were killed by stroke Of light.
ming at Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.
The commission appointed by the
English Parliament reported favorably
on Pastcur's treatment of hydrophobia.
Jacob Sharp, convicted of bribery,
was sentenced to four years imprison
ment and to pay fine Of $4,000, in
New York.
John Coady, who eloped from Stone
county, Ark, with Elizabeth Lump
kins, was followed by the girls father
and brothers and shot.
The st. Lawrence sugar refinery, at
Montreal, was destroyed by fire. One
man was killed and two injured by
jumping from windows.
The boiler at the Shawnee coal mine,
near Cheyenne, exploded, fatally in
juring James Kirby, night engineer,
and two men, Thomas Jones and Chas.
Bartlett, who were sleeping in the en-
CINE house.
The Governors Of New York, Massa-
#chusetts, Connecticut and Pennsyl-
yania have called conference OF
all the Governors of the different
States and Territories to meet in New
York August 23rd, to consider the
adoption OF uniform system OF State
extraditions.
The Wenchow river in China has
overlooked its banks, submerging miles
OF territory. Thousands OF persons
are believed to have been drowned.
The suflerings of survivors are de-
scribed as terrible Chu Chow City is
submerged, its inhabitants having
taken to boats.
A special from Greenwood, Miss
says. Three negro children were
burned to death near Tchula. Their
parents went to church, leaving four
children in the house. The eldest,
aged 10, set a lighted lamp near the
bed, which caught fire, and three chill
dren were burned TO death.
Advices from China state that re-
bellion took place at Chang Chow,
near Shanghai. The uprising was
suppressed by the authorities. Ninety
OF the conspirators were executed. A
number OF secret societies had also re-
belled in the province OF Kiangsi. A
military officer and eleven soldiers inn
plicated in the rebellion were captured
and beheaded.
Half the new quay at Tug, Swiizer.
land, fell into the lake. Forty houses
o crowded inn and the Hotel Zu.
rich, a four-story structure full OF Wis.
TORS, vanished entirely. The occu-
pants Of the buildings were engulied
while they slept. At least 100 persons
persisted, including M. Collins, the
President of the canton. Men are al
work trying to recover the bodies OF
the victims. An infant was found
alive in floating cradle.
Miss Maggie Bostwick, aged 10 years
and Miss Geneal Watkins, n young
lady OF Dallas, Texas, retired to Their
room in a one story cottage, at Canes
vile, Texas. At 2 o'clock Mrs. Bost.
wick heard u struggle in the young la
dies room and reached the room Just
in time to see a man leap through the
window. Both young ladies were vel
tering in blood and unconscious, THEN
skulls having been beaten in with a
Ratchet. Both died. No clue to the
perpeirator of the crime has been dis.
covered. Over $50 men have been
deputizod as deputy sheritfs to scoul
the country. A reward or $500 has
been offered for the capture of the
murderer.
A party OF nine workmen employed
in grading IA portion OF the Georgia
South Carolina and Northern Railroad
in Chester county, s. c., wsre blasting
rock and had on hand about 1,00C
pounds Of giant powder. The camp
where a majority of the w1rkmen were
was some distance away from the
place where the nine workmen were
blasting. Just before sunset terrible
explosion was heard, but no attention
Naa PAW w ~ "iiu 40 HoIlc VI t1e
workmon returned that night search
was made next morning. When near
the place where the blasting had been
going ON large flock of vultures were
seen upon the trees, and the sesrchers
made horrible discovery. The 1,00C
tons of powder had prematurely ex-
ploded, and not one man was left to
tell the tale. A spark from some iron
being hammered is supposed to have
ignited the powder.
When off Barren Island, New York
en- route for Canarsie, the yacht Mys-
terry capsized and only thirteen OF the
forty eouls composing her passengers
and crew are known to have been res
cued. The party was made up chiefly
OF German families resident in Brook.
lin and Long Island City. When the
passengers of the Mystery and Chris.
tiana gathered on the pier to embark
Tor Carnasie SO many OF the men oil
the party showed the effects Of beer
that they had drank that the shippers
thought best to put the women and
children board the Mystery, which
rates as n much safer boat than her
consort. The women protested, but
their protest was UNDECIDED. Capt.
Hendrickson, of the Mystery, said he
was going to get to Carnasie first OF
blow a stick off. Reef knots were UNI
fastened and the boom dropped just as
squall of considerable violence struck
the sail. In a second she was on her
beam ends and all the people were